She asked a few of us bloggers if we would join her for a tour of her book and I had to do another project with one of her patterns from her amazing English Paper Piecing book!!

It really is a lovely publication. There are a ton of small projects that you can finish rather quickly. They would make great gifts as the holidays approach. This throw pillow that I adapted from the place mat pattern is quick to make and allows a lot creative ways you can add your own touch.

I had originally planned to take the vintage feel that the reproduction prints gave a little further with some embroidery as she suggested in her book, but I couldn't resist giving it a modern twist with matchstick quilting adding pops of color to tone the dark brown crosshatch fabric I used for the background.

The only difference than her placemat finish is that I added a hidden zipper backing.

And instead of the headache of piping? I just bind my pillows as if they were quilts!

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I'm Heidi! I'm a quilter, longarmer (is that even a word?), pattern designer, and mom of four fantastic boys. Basically, I'm just trying to keep my head above water. Did I mention that I never take myself too seriously?